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>---------- >From: ross@math.hawaii.edu[SMTP:ross@math.hawaii.edu] >Sent: 1997 November 03 - Monday 05:19 >To: ttrottier@shl.com >Cc: tp750@cs.utk.edu >Subject: RE: TP 701 Upgrade by PEP > >> Wouldn't it be nice if the AMD 586 could be run at 125 or (overclocked) >> at 150 Mhz?... > >This is a function of the system board, not the chip. I run this chip >overclocked to 160mhz on my desktop. This means cranking up the system >board to 40 mhz. As it happens, my MB/controllers/memory are all happy >with this, but I expect that the TP701 components would *not* be (especially >the sound and internal modem). > >- David > I think that some chips can have their degree of overclocking determined by some pin signal or other such thing. So your 4X overclocking might be able to be reduced to 3X or 4X, or increased to 5X or 6X, depending on how the chip was designed -- and how hot it would get. This would allow placing a 150 Mhz chip as 3X in a 50 Mhz board, or 5X in a 30 Mhz >clocked board.